Aircraft Description
N55579 is a 1942 Consolidated Vultee BT-13A, a single-engine reciprocating (piston) aircraft registered to Old Aeroplane Co LLC in Lake Suzy, FL. This aircraft holds a standard airworthiness certificate issued by the Federal Aviation Administration on April 10, 1956. The registration certificate was issued on April 26, 2023. The registration is set to expire on April 30, 2030. Powered by a P&w R-985 SERIES engine producing 450 horsepower, N55579 is. The aircraft's Mode S transponder code is A7156D (hex), used for ADS-B identification and flight tracking. The FAA registry record for N55579 was last updated on April 26, 2023. AviatorDB monitors aircraft positions through ADS-B surveillance data and updates records as new position data is received.
Consolidated Vultee is an aircraft manufacturer with aircraft registered in the FAA database tracked by AviatorDB. AviatorDB tracks 121 Consolidated Vultee aircraft currently registered in the FAA database, including the BT-13A model.
AviatorDB has found no NTSB accident or incident reports involving N55579. AviatorDB cross-references all FAA registration data with NTSB accident and incident reports, providing a comprehensive safety overview for every registered aircraft in the United States.
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Data provided by the US Federal Aviation Administration. View on FAA.gov
Last updated: 2026-05-01 01:32:20 UTC